I also have one of the AH Scissors jacks that was in the boot when I got may
car last year. It seems to have been purchased aftermarket and is of
Japanese manufacture. They got the decimal in the wrong spot when the price
was marked on it. It reads $5.00 instead of the more accurate $500.
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: November 3, 1999 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting item on eBay web site item#191028408: Jack
forMGMIDGET/ AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
>Seriously. What is a King Dick wrench?
>
>My jack ( that was in the boot when I got my Mk III last year ) doesn't
have
>the ratcheting handle, but rather it is a sort of bent tire iron/lug
wrench.
>( I have wires. ) I don't see any pictures of wrenches like that around.
>Must be rare! :)
>
>Robert Duquette
>Ottawa ON Canada
>http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
>RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>'65 RHD BRG Sprite
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug Ingram <dougi@home.com>
>To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Date: November 3, 1999 12:04 AM
>Subject: Re: Interesting item on eBay web site item#191028408: Jack for
>MGMIDGET/ AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
>
>
>>I picked up a reasonably good original bugeye jack at the Portland All
>>British on Labor Day Weekend for $15 .......... prior to that, I had
passed
>>on others offered to me at $50 and $75. There aren't many of them around,
>>and finding the correct King Dick wrench that turns the jack is an even
>>bigger challenge (I'm still looking, if anyone has one...).
>>
>>Ebay is no different than any other auctions, if two people really want
>>something (maybe the jack is the only thing they need to complete their
>>concours restoration), then the money becomes secondary. On a different
>>week, the same item could go by with no bids.
>>
>>Doug Ingram
>>
>>-
>>>Gee, I wonder how much an 'original' bugeye jack is worth??!!
>>>Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
>>>San Jose, CA
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